The Sarasota .NET Developers group has been in existence since 2004. SarasotaDev focuses on building solutions using Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio, SQL Server, Office, and other related tools and platforms. This is a technically oriented group where our nearly-monthly 1.5 - 2 hour presentations concentrate on code development and software engineering techniques. Check out a list of our past events.

Meetings are generally held on a Tuesday in the middle of the month. Note that our usual location has changed to: Station 2 Innovation Center (offering coworking and business incubation services) located at 912 7th Ave East, Bradenton, FL 34208 (just east of 9th St. E on the south side of 7th Ave - this is SR-64 eastbound). Check out our website at http://Station2Innovation.com, and especially the community events page.

Note that SarasotaDev is moving our meeting announcements to Meetup.com. You can find us listed on the Station 2 Innovation Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Entrepreneurs-Startups/. Please join that group to be notified of free weekly entrepreneur, startups, education and networking sessions. Find our .NET oriented sessions by scanning the first line of the descriptions for 'SarasotaDev'.

SarasotaDev - Upcoming Meetings

NOTE: This is the final SarasotaDev email... We have been meeting together since 2004 - a full 15 years!!. The SarasotaDev group is being replaced by a new meetup: The Sarasota .NET Software Engineering Group. Tim Chaffee - one of SarasotaDev's long-term members has stepped up to run the group. Please join the new meetup here: https://www.meetup.com/Sarasota-NET-Software-Engineer-Group

There are several great upcoming developer and Entrepreneurs & Startup talks and events at Station 2 that you should be interested in - read about these below. You can find the Station 2 calendar of events here: http://station2innovation.com/events.

The meetings are all held at Station 2 Innovation - 912 7th Ave East, Bradenton, FL 34208. Note the Bradenton location. If you haven't visited Bradenton lately - you should come see the Riverwalk, and branch out from there to see the cool stuff happening in B-Town! Station 2 is a coworking space - please feel free to come during the day Tuesdays for FREE open coworking.

Tuesday education events alternate between lunchtime and evenings (schedule). The speaker for lunch events is from 11:30am-1pm, and evenings 6pm-8pm. In the evening there is an open Happy Hour from 5:30pm-6pm that you are invited to join. So - come cowork and share during the day, have a beer/wine during networking, and enjoy a great speaker at 6pm. What could be better?

Be sure to subscribe to the Station 2 Innovation newsletter which includes our events and other important happenings that you're sure to benefit from.

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Upcoming SarasotaDev Events in 2018:

Keep an eye out for Microsoft Connect(); 2018 - a full day virtual event designed to inspire and excite developers globally – including important product updates on Azure and Visual Studio, keynotes, demos, and live-coding. The streaming keynote kicks-off with Scott Guthrie on December 4th at 8:30am PST, followed by on-demand sessions and live-coding via Twitch & Mixer (full event agenda).

We will schedule a local event to get together, watch recorded sessions, and talk about the possibilities. Watch the Sarasota .NET Software Engineer Meetup for details.

Please reply to this email if you have feedback, speaker suggestions, or would like to sponsor the group.

Nearby Events of Note:

BarCamp Sarasota-Bradenton - After Hours South join us on the 2th Thursday of each month, from 5:30pm-until in the Venice area for great conversation! More info here.

Dates are being filled in as they're known. If you haven't attended in the past, a CodeCamp is a free, all-day Saturday developer event put on by regional developers, for developers. If you've been to CodeCamp in the past, then you know you don't want to miss the upcoming season. BarCamps are similar to CodeCamps, except they're not developer-specific, covering business, design, and other topics as well.